Tim, Thanks for the informative review of both devices!
How do you like the nook for browsing? I have been considering a tablet for browsing, specifically reading articles and online materials (as opposed to e-books). I initially wrote off tablets as limited and thought I would be better served by a laptop. However, I find I don't use my laptop for this sort of thing after working at a PC all day... I think a functional tablet might change that and maybe I would start reading books again... Jonathan On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Tim Fournet <[email protected]> wrote: > So, I took that back to the store and bought a barnes and noble nook color. > It is a 7 inch tablet, same size as the samsung galaxy, but only $250. It is > missing some things that other tabs have: 3g, camera, gps; but since I > already have an android phone, I can tether to that for those things. I also > had to root it to get access to the Market, Google apps, and a regular > launcher ( see www.nookdevs.com for instructions). The screen on this > thing, in my opinion, is perfect. Smudges don't show up on it during use, it > is perfectly viewable at any angle, and since it is a smaller screen running > at the same resolution as the viewsonic (1024*600), the pixel density makes > text and images look realky great. The smaller form factor does not take > away from the usable real estate since it is the same resolution as a bigger > tablet. It is also very easy to type on. I am typing this entire email on it > in portrait mode with my thumbs. > > The other big thing that the nook has going for it is the huge customer > base, which to me means it's going to have a long support time, and it > already has a ton of accessories. B&N has opened up an sdk for it and > released source as well. > > >
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